New Delhi, April 22 -- Attorney General R Venkataramani and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Tuesday opposed the Kerala government's submission that the Supreme Court's recent verdict on the Tamil Nadu Governor should also govern the constitutional issues arising in its dispute with Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan over delays in bill assent and subsequent presidential decisions.
The bench of justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi was hearing two connected petitions filed by the Kerala government. The first petition, filed in 2023, pertains to significant delays by the then-Kerala Governor in granting assent to eight Bills passed by the state legislature.
These Bills, which covered a range of legislative initiatives, were pending wi...